2 Getting Started
Dave Smith Instruments
Sound Banks
The Prophet-6 contains a total of 1000 programs. 500 are permanent and
500 can be overwritten. Banks 0-4 are User Banks that can be overwrit-
ten. Banks 5-9 are Factory Banks that are permanent. You can edit the
programs of either bank, but you can only save them to Banks 0-4. As
shipped from the factory, presets 000-499 are identical to 500-999.
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Program bank, tens, and number selectors
Selecting Programs
Use the bank, tens, and program selector buttons to select and recall
programs.
To choose a program:
1. Hold down the bank button then press a program selector button (0-9)
to specify the “hundreds” bank of the program.
2. Hold down the tens button then press a program selector button (0-9)
to specify the “tens” digit of the program.
3. Press a program selector button (0-9) to specify the “ones” digit of the
program.
To choose program 123, for example:
1. Hold bank and press 1. Then release the bank button.
2. Hold tens and press 2. Then release the tens button.
3. Press program selector button 3.